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Block I
A. Present perfect simple.
Description: The present perfect simple expresses an action that is still
going on or that stopped recently, but has an influence on the present. It
puts emphasis on the result.
Function: We use the Present Perfect to say that an action happened at
an unspecified time before now. The exact time is not important. You
CANNOT use the Present Perfect with specific time expressions.
Examples: Puts emphasis on the result
Action that is still going on
Action that stopped recently
Action that has taken place once, never or several times before the
moment of speaking
Examples: I have been to France.
I have been to France three times.
He has never traveled by train.
Exercises: I (not / work) have not worked today.
We (buy) have bought a new lamp
B. Present perfect continous.
Description: We can use the present perfect continuous tense to talk
about events with a connection to the present.
Function: The present perfect continuous refers to an unspecified time
between 'before now' and 'now'. The speaker is thinking about
something that started but perhaps did not finish in that period of time.
He/she is interested in the process as well as the result, and this process
may still be going on, or may have just finished.
Special features: There are some verbs that can not be used in
continuous tenses.
Examples: She has been studying English since she was 16.
They've been talking for three hours
Exercises: She has been waiting for you all day
She has been cooking since last night
C.

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Description

Function

Special Features

Examples

Exercises

Present perfect
simple
We use the Present
Perfect Simple mainly
to express that an
action is completed or
to emphasise the
result.
We use the Present
Perfect to say that an
action happened at an
unspecified time
before now. The exact
time is not important.
You CANNOT use the
Present Perfect with
specific time
expressions.

irregular verbs: form

of 'have' + 3rd column
of irregular verbs.
regular verbs: form of
'have' + infinitive +
ed.
I have been to France.
I have been to France
three times.

Present perfect
continous
We use the Present
Perfect continous to
emphasise the
duration or continuous
course of an action.
The present perfect
continuous refers to
an unspecified time
between 'before now'
and 'now'. The
speaker is thinking
about something that
started but perhaps
did not finish in that
period of time. He/she
is interested in the
process as well as the
result, and this
process may still be
going on, or may have
just finished.
form of 'have' + been
+ verb + ing

She has been studying

English since she was
16.
They've been talking
for three hours
I / you / we / they have I / you / we / they have
spoken
been speaking
he / she / it has
he / she / it has been
spoken
speaking

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I / you / we / they have

worked
he / she / it has
worked

Block II

D.Used to/Didnt use to.

Description: Use used to + base form to talk about situations or actions
that regularly happened in the past but no longer happen today
Function: "Used to" in English fulfills the function that, in many
languages, is covered by a whole tense! We use "used to" to express
something which happened regularly in the past but doesn't happen
anymore. A past routine, a past habit.
Special Features: Subject + Used to + base form (Positive)
Subjet + didnt + use to + base form (Negative)
Did + subject use to + base form (Questions)
Examples: I used to sit for hours and waths the sea.
Did you usea to enjoy playing on the beach?
Exercises: You/Used to/live there
He/didnt use to/live there
Did/you/use to/live there?
Past Perfect Simple
Description: The past perfect simple expresses an action taking place
before a certain time in the past.
Function: It is used to make it clear that one event happened before
another in the past. It does not matter which event is mentioned first the tense makes it clear which one happened first.

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Special Features: The Past Perfect tense in English is composed of two

parts: the past tense of the verb to have (had) + the past participle of
the main verb.
Examples: I had never seen such a beautiful beach before I went to
Kauai.
Had Susan ever studied Thai before she moved to Thailand?
We were not able to get a hotel room because we had not booked in
advance.
Exercises: I did not have any money because I had lost my wallet.
Kristine had never been to an opera before last night.

Block III
Vocabulary
Films:
movie
pelcula
action film pelcula de accin
cartoon
dibujos animados
comedy
comedia
detective film
pelcula de detectives
full-length film
largometraje
horror film pelcula de terror
love story historia de amor
musical
musical
romantic film
pelcula romntica
silent film cine mudo
western
pelcula del oeste
commercial publicidad
episode
episodio, captulo
actor
actor
actress
actriz
cameraman camargrafo
cast
elenco
cinema review
crticas de cine
dialogue
dilogo
director
director
extras
extras
film star
estrella de pelculas

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producer
productor
role
papel, rol
scene
escena
screenwriterguionista
Book genres:

Writing:
The theory of everything.
Starring Eddie Redmayne ("Les Misrables") and Felicity Jones ("The
Amazing Spider-Man 2"), this is the extraordinary story of one of the
world's greatest living minds, the renowned astrophysicist Stephen
Hawking, who falls deeply in love with fellow Cambridge student Jane
Wilde. Once a healthy, active young man, Hawking received an earthshattering diagnosis at 21 years of age. With Jane fighting tirelessly by
his side, Stephen embarks on his most ambitious scientific work,
studying the very thing he now has precious little of - time. Together,
they defy impossible odds, breaking new ground in medicine and
science, and achieving more than they could ever have dreamed. The
film is based on the memoir Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen,
by Jane Hawking, and is directed by Academy Award winner James Marsh
("Man on Wire").